Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 17/NASL Week 12/USL Week 15

Zachary Ellis-Hayden

Thanks to the American July 4 holiday Monday, the official “week” in MLS got stretched by a day. So, all of the numbers below will be adjusted to the end of Monday night’s action.

There are now a total of 35 Canadians who have played in MLS or NASL games so far this season.

Of note in our weekly ranking of minutes played by Canadians in all three North American pro leagues:

In a 2-1 loss to the New York Cosmos, the Ottawa Fury gave over 500 minutes of playing time to Canadian players. Some of that was forced by a red card to starting keeper Romuald Peiser; so Canadian backup Marcel DeBellis got his first NASL minutes of the year. As well, Eddie Edward made his Ottawa Fury debut.

Karl Ouimette was loaned out by the New York Red Bulls to the Jacksonville Armada so he could get some minutes. But, on Saturday, he was an unused sub. He played behind NASL veterans Beto Navarro and Tyler Ruthven.

In USL, the Canadians continue to make impacts. Unlike MLS or NASL, USL recognizes Canadians as domestic players on both its American and Canadian teams. It’s created a paradox; we have cases where USL teams affiliated with MLS sides have plenty of Canadians on their rosters. But, those Canadians know their chances of being promoted to the MLS teams are marginal because they’d take up international roster spots. That paradox is explored in Issue 9 of Plastic Pitch, as Steve Brisendine profiled the Canadians at Swope Park Rangers, affiliated with Sporting Kansas City. You can get the new issue by clicking the box link below or by finding it on iTunes.

Canadian Tyler Pasher scored a winning goal for Swope Park Rangers this past weekend; he was one of three Canadians who were in the starting XI. At the end of the day, four Canadians saw the pitch for Swope Park Rangers. Meanwhile, former FC Edmonton striker Michael Cox got the tying goal for Orlando City B, with an assist from fellow Canadian Zachary Ellis-Hayden, against the Charlotte Independence.

HERE ARE THE RANKINGS: MLS AND NASL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS 1. Will Johnson, Toronto FC, MLS, 1237 (15) 2. Cyle Larin, Orlando City, MLS, 1119 (15) 3. Fraser Aird, Vancouver, MLS, 1014 (12) 4. Jonathan Osorio, Toronto FC, MLS, 959 (13) 5. Mason Trafford, Miami FC, NASL, 900 (10) 6. Eddie Edward, FC Edmonton/Ottawa, NASL, 899 (10) ‘ 7. Tesho Akindele, FC Dallas, MLS, 878 (17) 8. Nik Ledgerwood, FC Edmonton, NASL, 852 (10) 9. Kyle Bekker, Montreal, MLS, 827 (13) 10. Carl Haworth, Ottawa, NASL, 716 (9) 11. Drew Beckie, Carolina, NASL, 679 (9) 12. Wandrille Lefevre, Montreal, MLS, 675 (8) 13. Kyle Porter, Ottawa, NASL, 641 (9) 14. Nana Attakora, Fort Lauderdale, NASL, 585 (7) 15. Karl Ouimette, NYRB, MLS 582 (7) 16. Patrice Bernier, Montreal, MLS, 518 (10) 17. Maxim Tissot, Montreal, MLS, 517 (7) 18. Marcel De Jong, Ottawa, NASL, 495 (6) 19. Mo Babouli, Toronto FC, MLS, 454 (11) 20. Russell Teibert, Vancouver, MLS, 447 (7) 21. Julian de Guzman, Ottawa, NASL, 435 (6) 22. Shamit Shome, FC Edmonton, NASL, 413 (7) 23. Mallan Roberts, FC Edmonton/Ottawa, NASL, 326 (5) 24. Allan Zebie, FC Edmonton, NASL, 310 (7) 25. Jordan Hamilton, Toronto FC, MLS, 279 (4) 26. Jay Chapman, Toronto FC, 256 (8) 27. Mauro Eustaquio, Ottawa, NASL, 246 (6) 28. Kianz Froese, Vancouver, MLS, 150 (5) 29. Sam Adekugbe, Vancouver, MLS, 111 (2) 30. Ashtone Morgan, Toronto FC, MLS, 96 (5) 31. Marcel DeBellis, Ottawa, NASL, 81 (1) 32. Anthony Jackson-Hamel, Montreal, MLS, 68 (4) 33. Mozzi Gyorio, Ottawa, NASL, 65 (2) 34. Marco Bustos, Vancouver, MLS, 50 (2) 35. Raheem Edwards, Toronto FC, 2 (1)

TEAM RANKINGS, MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2016, RANKED BY AVERAGE MINUTES PER GAME: Ottawa, NASL, 2953/11 (268.5) FC Edmonton, NASL, 2526/11 (229.6) Toronto FC, MLS, 3284/16 (205.3) Montreal, MLS, 2585/16 (161.6) Vancouver, MLS, 1772/18 (98.4) Miami FC, NASL, 900/11 (81.8) Orlando City, MLS, 1119/16 (69.9) Carolina, NASL, 679/11 (61.7) Fort Lauderdale, NASL, 585/11 (53.2) FC Dallas, MLS, 878/19 (46.2) New York Red Bulls, MLS, 582/18 (32.3)

USL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS 1. Janouk Charbonneau, FC Montreal, USL, 1426 (16) 2. John Smits, Wilmington, USL, 1260 (14) 3. Brett Levis, WFC2, USL, 1251 (15) 4. Louis Beland-Goyette, FC Montreal, USL, 1178 (14) 5. Daniel Haber, WFC2, USL, 1170 (16) 6. Shaan Hundal, TFC II, USL, 1144 (17) 7. Skylar Thomas, TFC II, USL, 1125 (14) 8. Maxime Crepeau, FC Montreal, USL, 1080 (12) 9. Aron Mkungilwa, FC Montreal, USL, 1068 (13) 10. Thomas Meilleur-Giguere, FC Montreal, USL, 1066 (12) 11. Anthony Osorio, TFC II, USL, 1056 (13) 12. Richie Laryea, Orlando City B, USL, 1009 (15) 13. Kadin Chung, WFC2, USL, 984 (12) 14. Aidan Daniels, TFC II, USL, 981 (15) 15. Dominic Samuel, Rochester, USL, 947 (12) 16. Ballou Jean Yves Tabla, FC Montreal, USL, 931 (12) 17. David Choiniere, FC Montreal, USL, 921 (12) 18. Mark Anthony Kaye, Louisville City FC, 914 (13) 19. Chris Mannella, TFC II, USL, 912 (13) 20. Liam Fraser, TFC II, USL, 908 (14) 21. Tyler Pasher, Swope Park Rangers, USL, 865 (10) 22. Michael Cox, Orlando City B, USL, 861 (14) 23. Malik Johnson, TFC II, USL, 801 (15) 24. Alessandro Riggi, FC Montreal, USL, 800 (12) 25. Marco Dominguez, FC Montreal, USL, 796 (11) 26. Ryan James, Rochester, USL, 771 (12) 27. Raheem Edwards, TFC II, USL, 771 (10) 28. Amer Didic, Swope Park Rangers, USL, 757 (13) 29. Benjamin McKendry, WFC2, USL, 720 (11) 30. Jordan Murrell, Pittsburgh, USL, 719 (10) 31. Marco Bustos, WFC2, USL, 712 (9) 32. Mastanabal Kacher, FC Montreal, USL, 697 (12) 33. Mark Anthony Gonzalez, Swope Park Rangers, USL, 677 (12) 34. Zachary Sukunda, FC Montreal, USL, 630 (10) 35. Quillan Roberts, TFC II, USL, 630 (7) 36. Jackson Farmer, WFC2, USL, 626 (7) 37. Zachary Ellis-Hayden, Orlando City B, USL, 585 (7) 38. Bradley Kamdem, Rochester, USL, 577 (11) 39. Callum Irving, Rio Grande Valley FC, USL, 540 (6) 40. Alphonso Davies, WFC2, USL, 477 (8) 41. Charles Joly, FC Montreal, USL, 450 (8) 42. Sean Melvin, WFC2, USL, 450 (5) 43. Nevelo Yoseke, FC Montreal, USL, 446 (12) 44. Philippe Lincourt-Joseph, FC Montreal, USL, 434 (13) 45. Yacine Ait-Slimane, FC Montreal, USL, 434 (10) 46. Giuliano Frano, WFC2, USL, 432 (12) 47. Luca Uccello, TFC II, USL, 425 (13) 48. Carlos Patino, Sounders FC 2, USL, 410 (8) 49. Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare, FC Montreal, USL, 389 (5) 50. Robert Boskovic, TFC II, USL, 352 (10) 51. Jems Geffrard, FC Montreal, USL, 349 (4) 52. Anthony Jackson-Hamel, FC Montreal, USL, 343 (5) 53. Adam Bouchard, TFC II, USL, 342 (7) 54. Matthew Baldisimo, WFC2, USL, 335 (10) 55. Sam Adekugbe, WFC2, USL, 329 (4) 56. Kianz Froese, WFC2, USL, 327 (5) 57. Thomas Gardner, WFC2, USL, 321 (10) 58. Chris Serban, WFC2, USL, 273 (6) T59. Marco Carducci, WFC2, USL, 270 (3) T59. Phil Di Bennardo, TFC II, USL, 270 (3) 61. Simon Lemire, FC Montreal, USL, 268 (7) 62. Brandon John, Sounders FC2, USL, 266 (4) 63. Jordan Haynes, WFC2, USL, 261 (8) 64. Duwayne Ewart, Pittsburgh, USL, 238 (6) 65. Josh Heard, Bethlehem Steel, USL, 214 (8) 66. Jonathan Grant, Swope Park Rangers, USL, 187 (9) 67. Jordan Hamilton, TFC II, USL, 182 (3) 68. James Pantemis, FC Montreal, USL, 180 (2) 69. Steven Furlano, TFC II, USL, 167 (2) 70. Mo Babouli, TFC II, USL, 162 (2) 71. Sahil Sandhu, WFC2, USL, 158 (8) 72. Heikel Jarras, FC Montreal, USL, 154 (10) 73. Jay Chapman, TFC II, USL, 141 (2) 74. Mackenzie Pridham, Sacramento Republic, USL, 140 (7) 75. Mitch Piraux, WFC2, USL, 100 (2) T76. Wandrille Lefevre, FC Montreal, USL, 90 (1) T76. David Paulmin, FC Montreal, USL, 90 (1) T76. Maxim Tissot, FC Montreal, USL, 90 (1) 79. Karl Ouimette, NYRB2, USL, 87 (1) 80. Andrew Dias, TFC II, USL, 80 (1) 81. Richlord Ennin, TFC II, USL, 76 (3) 82. Ashtone Morgan, TFC II, USL, 62 (1) 83. Ethan Beckford, TFC II, USL, 40 (2) 84. Fabrice Mbvouvouma, FC Montreal, USL, 34 (3) 85. Raheem Taylor-Parkes, Bethlehem Steel FC, USL, 23 (2) 86. Terran Campbell, WFC2, USL, 19 (5) 87. Jimmy-Shammar Sanon, FC Montreal, USL, 18 (1) 88. Nikola Stakic, TFC II, USL, 7 (1)

USL TEAM RANKINGS, MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2016, RANKED BY AVERAGE MINUTES PER GAME: FC Montreal, 14442/16 (902.6) TFC II, 10625/18 (590.3) WFC2, 9223/16 (576.4) Swope Park Rangers, 2496/15 (166.4) Rochester Rhinos, 2305/14 (164.6) Orlando City B, 2445/16 (152.8) Wilmington Hammerheads FC, 1260/15 (84) Pittsburgh Riverhounds, 957/14 (68.4) Louisville City FC, 914/17 (53.8) Sounders FC 2, 676/15 (45.1) Rio Grande Valley FC, 540/17 (31.8) Bethlehem Steel 237/15 (15.8) Sacramento Republic, 140/15 (9.3) NYRB2, 82/15 (5.5)